YOUNGEST EXPERT EVER.....AGE 8

The U.S. Chess Federation's April rating list includes Samuel Sevian, rated 2001. Samuel, born Dec. 26, 2000, in New York, is a second-grader who lives in Santa Clara. He is believed to be the youngest player to attain an expert's rating. He accomplished the feat in February, at 8 years, 2 months.
Samuel learned to play chess at age 5 and earned a modest rating of 315 from his first tournament in August 2006, when he lived in florida. By the time his family moved to califonia a year ago, his rating had risen to 1614, higher than most adults.


Submitted by avishka on Thu, 05/28/2009 at 7:12am.

SOURCE:Chess.com



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